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| SUBJECT NAME |
THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL MARKET |
| CODE |
26600114 |
| SESSION |
2023/2024 |
| DEGREE IN WHICH IT IS OFFERED |
MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN UNIÓN EUROPEA
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| TYPE |
CONTENIDOS |
| CREDITS NUMBER |
5 |
| HOURS |
125 |
| PERIOD |
SEMESTER 2
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| LANGUAGES AVAILABLE |
INGLÉS |
On the European digital single market announcement (2016) by the then president Juncker, it is read that: The internet and digital technologies are transforming our world. But existing barriers online mean citizens miss out on goods and services, internet companies and start-ups have their horizons limited, and businesses and governments cannot fully benefit from digital tools. It's time to make the EU's single market fit for the digital age – tearing down regulatory walls and moving from 28 national markets to a single one. This could contribute €415 billion per year to our economy and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
Consistent with this discourse, creating the conditions for a vibrant digital economy and society is one of the key priorities in the agenda of the European Commission. It is not too much to expect that it will be placed at the top of the annual work programme for a number of years.
Therefore, to gain an –even elementary– knowledge of the status and functioning of digital markets becomes a necessity for anyone interested in researching the European economy. This challenge calls for a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach. The activity of the agents operating in digital markets is influenced by a number of different regulations and policies, global economic forces, technological developments, and social changes. Even without being required to be an expert in all these fields, it is an unavoidable step to perform a general assessment on how these factors are determining the development of European digital markets. This course aims to provide a basic understanding of these issues.
“The European Digital Market” is an optional course included in the second semester of the Economics/Politics speciality of the Máster Universitario en Unión Europea at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.
Through passing the course, 5 ECTS are awarded.
To be in possession of all the qualifications required to gain access to the Master.
Obviously, fluency in English.
While the course is running, the communication tools of the virtual campus (public but also private messaging) must be the standard means of communication and contact.
Notwithstanding the above, e-mail addresses and phone number (preferential schedule – Wednesday, 10am-2pm) can be found in the “Equipo docente” section.
COMPETENCIAS BÁSICAS Y GENERALES:
CG04 - Gestión de los procesos de comunicación e información. Expresión y comunicación eficaces a través de distintos medios y con distinto tipo de interlocutores a través de un uso eficaz de las herramientas y recursos de la Sociedad del Conocimiento (competencia en el uso de las TIC; en la búsqueda de información relevante; en la gestión y organización de la información; en la recolección de datos, el manejo de bases de datos y su presentación).
CG05 - Trabajo en equipo desarrollando distinto tipo de funciones o roles como Habilidad para coordinarse con el trabajo de otros; habilidad para negociar de forma Eficaz; habilidad para la mediación y resolución de conflictos; habilidad para coordinar grupos de trabajo o liderazgo (en el marco del aprendizaje)
CB6 - Poseer y comprender conocimientos que aporten una base u oportunidad de ser originales en el desarrollo y/o aplicación de ideas, a menudo en un contexto de investigación
CB7 - Que los estudiantes sepan aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos y su capacidad de resolución de problemas en entornos nuevos o poco conocidos dentro de contextos más amplios (o multidisciplinares) relacionados con su área de estudio
CB8 - Que los estudiantes sean capaces de integrar conocimientos y enfrentarse a la complejidad de formular juicios a partir de una información que, siendo incompleta o limitada, incluya reflexiones sobre las responsabilidades sociales y éticas vinculadas a la aplicación de sus conocimientos y juicios
CB9 - Que los estudiantes sepan comunicar sus conclusiones y los conocimientos y razones últimas que las sustentan a públicos especializados y no especializados de un modo claro y sin ambigüedades
CB10 - Que los estudiantes posean las habilidades de aprendizaje que les permitan continuar estudiando de un modo que habrá de ser en gran medida autodirigido o autónomo.
COMPETENCIAS ESPECÍFICAS:
CE01 - Trabajar en contextos multidisciplinares que son los propios del ámbito de la Unión Europea y resolver problemas en dicho ámbito.
CE02 - Dominar los instrumentos de regulación y ordenación de la Unión Europea en contextos profesionales y académicos.
CE03 - Identificar normas y documentos dentro del sistema jurídico-político resultante de la integración de los ordenamientos jurídicos de los Estados Miembros y de la Unión Europea
CE04 - Encontrar, analizar y aplicar la legislación emanada de las diferentes instituciones y órganos de la Unión Europea, así como la de los Estados Miembros que se refiera o esté implicada en el sistema europeo.
CE14 - Analizar la economía de la Unión Europea interrelacionando todos sus aspectos
It is not the intention of this course to provide a comprehensive and fully detailed view of all issues that could be addressed in the context of the European digital market. Its aim is that students acquire basic knowledge of essential concepts and are able to apply them to the understanding and analysis of market conditions and trends.
Having said that, students who completed the course must be able to:
- Understand the basic rules that govern the structure and dynamics of digital markets
- Apply theoretical knowledge gathered to practical situations
- Be familiar with the European policy-making in this area
- Critically reflect upon the pros and cons of the various regulatory frameworks developed in order to boost digital markets
- Write a theoretical and practical essay on the topic
Module 1. The progress of the European digital economy
Subject 1. What are we talking about? The ecosystem of a digital market
Subject 2. Facts and figures of the European digital market
Module 2. Digital markets basics
Subject 3. Business models for digital services and online platforms
Subject 4. Competition in digital markets
Subject 5. A (personal) data-driven economy
Subject 6. Innovation on the digital economy
Module 3. The European context
Subject 7. Regulation of digital services
Subject 8. Regulation of digital markets
Subject 9. Personal data protection
Subject 10. Online content and intellectual property
The distance learning methodology will be used. An online course will be accessed through Campus UNED at https://www.uned.es
The course places emphasis on online discussions and self-paced learning. For each specific subject described in “Contents”, a virtual forum where participants can share additional information or engage in a exchange of views will be available. Participation in these forums is compulsory.
Additionally, students must submit a writing assignment before completing the course.
ONSITE TEST
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| Type of exam |
| Type of exam |
No hay prueba presencial |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IN-PERSON TEST AND/OR THE WORK |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IN-PERSON TEST AND/OR THE WORK
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| Requires presence |
| Requires presence |
No |
| Description |
| Description |
Writing assignment
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| Assessment criteria |
| Assessment criteria |
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| Weighting of the in-person test and/or the assignments in the final grade |
| Weighting of the in-person test and/or the assignments in the final grade |
75% |
| Approximate submission date |
| Approximate submission date |
Deadline: 20th June (ordinary call); 10th September (extraordinary call) |
| Coments |
| Coments |
It is recalled that it is a first research work. This means that an excessively loose approach to the issue is not valid, and that hypotheses have to be well-founded on data and sources with scientific significance. It is most important to strictly select bibliography; very particularly, the information found on webpages not coming from a reliable source shall be discarded. Selected references should provide an overview of the topic as well as guidance on how to address the problem which is proposed for study. Copying and pasting is not, obviously, admissible: plagiarism –furthermore easily discernible– would be severely penalised.
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| CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST (PEC) |
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST (PEC)
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| PEC? |
| PEC? |
No |
| Description |
| Description |
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| Assessment criteria |
| Assessment criteria |
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| Weighting of the PEC in the final grade |
| Weighting of the PEC in the final grade |
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| Approximate submission date |
| Approximate submission date |
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| Coments |
| Coments |
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OTHER GRADEABLE ACTIVITIES
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| Are there other evaluable activities? |
| Are there other evaluable activities? |
Si,no presencial |
| Description |
| Description |
Participation in the forums
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| Assessment criteria |
| Assessment criteria |
It is the timeliness and quality of interventions –and not just the total number of posts– what will be taken into consideration and valued.
As stated in "Plan de trabajo", participation in the forums has not specific regulations or requirements but materials should be read and posts (some of the posts) should demonstrate that materials have been indeed read. A number of interventions of the kind "I found this piece of news/document that I am sharing..." is not enough to fulfil the requisite of participation.
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| Weighting in the final grade |
| Weighting in the final grade |
25% |
| Approximate submission date |
| Approximate submission date |
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| Coments |
| Coments |
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How to obtain the final grade?
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No assessment test is required. The final grade is obtained from the participation in the virtual classroom (weighted with 25%) and the writing assignment (weighted with 75%).
In spite of its weight in the final grade, working continuously during the semester is an obligatory task and the course cannot be passed without satisfying adequately this requirement. Forums are closed at the end of the semester (last week of final tests) and, unlike the writing assignment, the task cannot be performed during the holiday season. Therefore, the rule is clear: those who have not participated timely (from the beginning of the semester) and actively in the forums cannot pass the course. Please keep this very important caveat in mind.
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There is no single textbook.
The documents used as learning materials (mainly articles, reports, or conference papers) will be made available to the students in the virtual classroom.
Likewise, additional reading –with which to increase understanding of particular topics– could also be suggested again in the virtual classroom.
Other sources of information could be suggested in the virtual classroom.
